Jamaican or American currency?

[captaind]

15K JA is 145US........Get's me thru the first day......

I draw what I need once I get to Westmoreland as I go along.

[Jenn]

AAA has replaced their TCs with a debit card. I add money to it and then use the ATMs as needed. We also bring smaller US bills with us for tipping, etc.

[Limo Mon]

So do you bring a lot of cash and exchange it all there or do you just pull out as needed from atm?

Take your US cash and Exchange it for J's in Jamaica. I like to carry both check the prices in both as some are better US and some in J's.

[jsteil]

Wouldn't it be better to exchange to JMD? Right now it's 106jmd to $1USD. I might be wrong, but if you exchanged $1000USD at 106JMD you would get roughly 106420.00JMD. Most places I went to treat it as $1USD to $100JMD, so my thinking is you would gain about 64 100JMD bills? Again I could be wrong.

[original spanky]

Question for captaind, Usually go to the cambio cross from Burger King .(still kills me to say that). Does the ATM at the petcom which I think is by the negril airport a better rate?

[captaind]

Question for captaind, Usually go to the cambio cross from Burger King .(still kills me to say that). Does the ATM at the petcom which I think is by the negril airport a better rate?

The ATMs all give the same rate and they may charge you a fee depending on your home bank.

I like to stop at the Petcom because it right on the way in. I also use the one next to the HiLo but on the way in Petcom is easiest.

Generally much less time and bother than the cambio

Cap